Beasts That Wear Our Faces

The most terrifying monsters do not always hide in the darkness. Sometimes, they stand in the light, smile at us, and earn our trust.

Across generations, the Callahan family has confronted ancient spirits, restless dead, and horrors that defy human understanding.

But their greatest battles are still ahead.

Because some monsters are not born.
They are made by the choices they make.

In Mexico City, an investigation into a series of forgotten disappearances leads Jack, Marc, Maggie, and their companions into the haunting canals of Xochimilco, where hundreds of abandoned dolls watch silently from the trees. Beneath the beauty of an ancient city lurks a predator that has survived for more than a century, feeding an unnatural hunger and wearing the face of an ordinary man. As the missing are finally counted, the Callahans uncover a terrible bargain: immortality purchased with innocent lives.

In the rain-soaked jungles along the Thailand–Myanmar border, Maggie encounters a different kind of evil. A mysterious tiger stalks the forest. Children vanish from an isolated community. And a revered spiritual leader promises blessings, protection, and miracles to those desperate enough to believe him.

When Maggie befriends Jasmine, a young girl whose family has already endured unimaginable suffering, the investigation becomes deeply personal.

But behind the golden shrines and sacred ceremonies lies a horrifying machinery of exploitation, built upon fear, greed, and the suffering of the innocent.

For Maggie, this will become more than another confrontation with the supernatural.
It will become a battle that changes her forever.

And in the Austrian Alps, an idyllic family holiday leads the Callahans into a forest that has remembered a terrible injustice for more than a century. Beneath snow-covered mountains and picturesque villages, something ancient stirs among the trees. Old traditions conceal old crimes. A forgotten community demands to be remembered. And the line between punishment and vengeance begins to disappear.

Three countries.
Three terrifying encounters.
Three faces of a darkness that has learned to live among humanity.

As Jack struggles with the growing burden of confronting the impossible, Marc searches for answers through technology and reason, and Maggie discovers the devastating limits of courage, the Callahans face an enemy more frightening than any supernatural creature.

Human cruelty.

Because the greatest horrors are not always created by ancient curses or forgotten magic. Sometimes they are created by people who exploit faith, betray trust, and sacrifice others for power.

And sometimes the innocent pay the price long after the guilty have disappeared.

Beasts That Wear Our Faces is the powerful fifth installment of The Heirs of the Hollow, an international supernatural horror saga blending chilling folklore, historical mysteries, family bonds, and the courage to stand against evil—even when victory comes too late.

Some beasts hunt with claws.
Some hunt with promises.
And the most dangerous monsters of all look just like us.